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Weird frame chops and drops

DallasLG
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Hey there. When playing games such as Alyx, Saints & Sinners, and Boneworks, I seem to be getting frame drops and chops. I believe this is due to my CPU maxing out. Generally when I play these games, my CPU is hitting 100% usage, while my GPU barely cracks 50% usage. I have a GTX 1070 and an i5-7500 @ 3.40GHz. Looking at the required specs for these games, I meet Alyx's minimum and exceed the rest. Looking at some other support threads, closing all other programs like discord, chrome, etc, had minimum effect, while closing down lower function processes like iCUE for my corsair mouse and keyboard gave me moderate improvements. I'm new to PC VR, so I'm kind of confused here. Is something not set up right, am I doing something wrong, or do I simply need to upgrade my CPU despite it being sufficient according to the game devs?
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